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The pawn
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Sarah’s story
And here came the day that Sarah and Adam had been waiting for. It was a rainy afternoon. Heavy clouds were like menacing and at the same time like announcing the chain of events that are going to happen. Anxiety was floating in the air and everybody was like expecting things to take place.
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